Ornamental fabric and method of making same



Dec. 27, 1938. I s, RUDNICK 2,141,560

ORNAMENTAL FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed July 11, 1938 Patented Dec. 27, 1938 Entoer-ice ApplicatiomJul-ye-lli.1938;, SerialiNm. 218;5590

5,.Glaimst This invention relates to ornamental articles:

of cloth; silk rayon, celanese; or thevlike; and to-a method of makingthe sameparticularly:- arti'cles having: ornamental stitching formed 53 thereon; suclr articles" areused in the-manu=- facture of quilts, bed covers, wearingqapparel millinermdraperies, covers for-t tables; Ofi'the like, and; other uses;

It: has heretofore been proposed 7 tomake =ma+ teria-lseof. the-above mentioneddypabwstitchingan: interliner to a translucent facing material int such a: manner as :to lproduce-a quilted design comprising a numben of circumscribed pockets;

and fillingthe different pockets-with differently colored" thread so that the differencesin color of! the thread? filling:arediscernable through thefacing. to produce therequisite colored puffed pattern; The threadis blown into the pocket hy inserting athollow needle into the" pocketand 29 thenlblowi-ng thee-thread; throughthe needle by means a of a blast; of air. Theresulting quilted piece .ofimaterial' 'hasi anaesthetic appearance but istsubjecti. to. certain inherent objections which itzgistanzohjecti of the-present mvention to overcomet,

One. ofgthet objections to an article madein the above manner:isits ifragilityt The, outereon facing. material: must be transparent or trans: lucenttin order that thecolored patterm effectedby the: different colored threads may be discernable. Ittis therefore necessarilyefragile The wear; omthe material will, inmany instancesgbeconcentrated at the peaks ot thepufied ipocketst Once" the, facing material has worn at one of 5* the; pockets .sufficiently to -produca a small hole;

thespufirformingithread'zin the associated pocket will; quickly; commence-1 toeunravela through: the hole; This; detractsh enormously, from; the: an? pearance: of the 7 article ,,and i very: greatly: 3.00811: eratesthe destruction .there,of;.-.

After the; material; has been: stitched: to form the; desired, circumscribed, pockets for receiving the pufling thread it.,a;.simple matter to: fi1 1 alloi thep ockets with thr ead ofthe :same 001.012.

However, if different colors... Oi. thread; are, to, be, used inorder to produce an ornamental colored efiectin accordance; with, a preconceived'i pattern the cost of filling-the-pockets is appreciably increased; A certain" amount of'; time isnecessarily lost in selecting the-color for each packet in accordance with-the pattern; In-additibn-the opera-torsmust:havethe ability-ito follw=-the=pat term.v and, therefore; commands; a; higher; salary thamthe-operatorron: thasamet typ ezioiimachine 5a; utiiizinaronlraasineleccolorediiwhite)2tbreadwho.

isnot required to make selections of different co1ors-for-=- different pockets. All this-increasesthe: cost of the=finished= I product.

It is one object of the present invention-to reduce the cost oi articles of theabove char- 5; acter andit is another obj ect to increase thewearingproperties: of such articles; Both: ob-L jectsmay be attained ina-sing-le structure: In accordance -Withthe -teachings :of thepresent: in vention; the thread filling the various; pockets is relied; upon. toe produce:- the pufied effect: but is not'trel-i'edi upon to produce the-iornamentar col-t 0IZ6defiCti It is therefore:possible touse-thread ct one color: in: all of the pockets, thereby dis-- pensing: with the need of skill on: the part of f the. operator in, following: instructions as to the selectionnof fcolors-,. and also-saving sometime-byobviating thecneed forchanging colors,

Inaccordance with 1 the teachingsof the present: invention the: ornamental colored effects of- 2a the;- puffed; pockets are produced by providing a colored? stencil: sheeton pattern sheet: as aback ing; to; the: translucent: orv transparent;v facing: sheet; Thez stencil sheet;may.:comprise a=muslin or: other. piecei of? clothon:- which the desiredcolored. pattern; is; formed: sheet issandwichedu between? the f acing sheet and the interlinen and: the threesare, stitcheditogether: to form circumscribed pocketsi by lines of stitching; fol:- IOWiUEZthfil: outline: of: the :pattern on the pattern sheetnwhich pattermis visiblethroughthe facn i: sheeti The; pockets :are thenpufied by injecting thread: between:thastencilisheet andthe interlmeiwiatsingleacolored threadibeing; used.-

Theeattainment of the above andifurtherzobe J'vects; of; the; present; invention; W111i be; apparent from he; ollowin p cification taken cone j -inctionA with thaaccompanying; drawing;v form,- ine; a'vpar t hereoft.

IntbadraWing;

Figure, 1; is aflplan-v-iew; oil a: portion: of X an, ornam ntabpuffedarticle= embodying thepresent. v invention;

Eigure Z'is: a f a mentary plan view. oofsaflnorttion ,of' -thepattern sheet embodied in thearticle ure- V Figure 3"is a fragmentary sectionalview taken along-the line 3 3 of"Figure-1";

Figure 4* is a very-much; enlargedfragmentartg sectional View: takem along the-line" 4-4 off-'Figure l throug' h oneof the pockets'beforethe-same; has-been- -puffed; and

Figure ffi is a diagrammatic view-illustrating thamanner -of fpuifing one of the pocket'sr Referring: nowrmore particularly td the drawing, the article illustrated in Figure 1 comprises a corner of a centerpiece for a quilt. This centerpiece has an ornamental design embodied therein which is fanciful and for illustrative purposes only, The centerpiece, indicated by the reference numeral I, comprises a top or facing sheet 2 of transparent or translucent material, such as silk, satin, rayon, celanese, or the like, such as are commonly used for the top or exposed portion of quilts. A pattern sheet 3 is located immediately below the facing sheet, and a liner sheet :2 is located below the pattern sheet so that the pattern sheet is sandwiched between the liner sheet and the facing sheet. The pattern sheet is of cloth preferably of a neutral color, such as white, and the liner sheet 4 is also cloth preferably of a neutral color. The pattern sheet has an ornamental colored design printed thereon, as indicated at 8. Various colors may be employed such as are desired'in the ultimately finished product. The pattern sheet may comprise any piece of cloth having the desired pattern printed thereon in the desired colors;

The three sheets are laid one upon the other, as illustrated in Figure 1. When this is done the pattern on the sheet 3 is visible through the facing sheet 2. The three sheets may then be stitched together ona sewing machine by lines of stitching following the outline on the pattern on the sheet 3, the lines of stitching following the outline l of the pattern sheet. It is to be noted that the stitched pattern will form a number of circumscribed loops, such as are indicated at 8, 9, II], II, l2 and 13, by way of example, each of which is a completely closed loop. The surface of each loop as viewed from the top of the article is of a distinctive color as determined by the color of the corresponding part of the pattern sheet 3. A hollow needle, indicated at i5, is then inserted through the liner sheet 4 into the space between that sheet and the pattern sheet, and a continuous length of thread I 6 is'blown through the needle by a blast of air into the circumscribed loop in the space between'the liner sheet and the pattern sheet. This produces a puffed effect which comprises the outline of the pocket, and the pattern sheet is forced into close and intimate contact with the under side of the facing sheet, thus bringing the color design on'the pat tern sheetimmediately under the top of the facing sheet. The fillingof thread in the pocket is indicated at 18 and comprises a loose puffed filling. The thread I6 that is blown through the hollowgneedle by the blast of air is preferably, though not necessarily, of a neutral color, such as white. Each of the other pockets, such as the pockets 8 to 13, and the remaining pockets, is'

' then filled in the same manner. While thread of one color is used for puffing all of the pockets the color design produced will be that determined by the color of the pattern on the pattern sheet;

Each pocket may be of one color 'or, if desired, a single pocket may be formed of two colors. This is illustrated in Figure 2 wherein the outline which willform the pocket I! is formed of two colors, the top part illustrated in Figure 2 being illustrated as red and the bottom part illustrated as blue, although any other combinations of colors may be used. There is no line of stitching along the line H of the pocket ll between the red and blue parts. Furthermore the coloredpattern may be such that the red merges graduallywith the blue instead of abruptly, as determined by the design of the pattern of Figure 2.

Since the same colored thread is used for puffing all of the pockets the operator is relieved of the duty of determining the color of the thread to be used for each pocket, such as was heretofore required in the formation of such puffed articles wherein the colored effect was produced by using different colored threads. The liner sheet has an additional function. It is well known that articles of this type will receive their maximum wear at the peak of each pocket, indicated in Figure 5 by the reference numeral 20. Since the translucent or transparent facing sheet 2 is necessarily quite thin it is apparent that the quilt will Wear out j may be of a much more durable material, maintains the colored effect and also prevents the loose thread filling it from escaping ,or unraveling through the hole, such as would take place if the color efiect were producedby usingdiiferent colored threads in the pocket, instead of a pattern sheet. The life of the finished article is thus increased.

Around the peripheryof the quilt centerpiece there is formed. an ornamental design in a somewhat different manner. ,Astripof whiteor colored cloth 22 is placed under the facing sheet 2 along-the border. The facing sheet and the strip 22 are thenstitched together by a number of spaced parallel lines of stitching, six in this instance, indicated at 23, 24, 25, 26, 21 and 28, which lines of stitching are formed on a machine having a like number of needles, six in this instance, operating simultaneously. As'the material is being stitched together, individual strands of colored wool yarn, indicated at 30, 3|, 32, 33 and 34, of different colors, are fed between adjacent needles, beneath the facing sheet and. above the strip 22 so thateach piece of yarn lies in a groove between adjacent rows of stitching. The

only of one color or at the most two colors, as in the case of the pocket H, it is to be understood that'thisshoWing is for illustrative purposes only,

sinceamore complicated pattern may be formed on thesheet 3 and any one pocket may contain a large number of colors in any desired intricate design; For, instance, one of the pockets may have a face printed thereo'nin various colors, as

is known in the art of making printed cloth.

The pattern sheet 3 may consist of any piece of cloth having the desired printed design thereon.

' After the article hasbeen formed up to the a point of receiving 'the pufiing thread to form the puffed pocket l8, and before thepockets have beenpufiedgthe same may constitute a. commercial article of sale so thatthe purchaser may thereafter puifth pockets is or may use the article without a pufling filling in the respective.

pockets. In any event, the colored pattern on the. patternsheet 3 will be circumscribed by lines of stitching and the various colors thereof willbe visible through thefront of the facing sheet;

In order to produce the desired artistic effect. thefacing-sheet 2 is preferably of colored material, such as red, pink, green, blue, or the like, 7

In compliance with the requirements of the patent statutes I have here shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention. It is, however, to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction here shown, the same being merely illustrative of the principles of the invention. What I consider new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Pufied fabric comprising a facing sheet of translucent material, a liner sheet, a pattern sheet having a pattern formed thereon at least a part of which is of a color different from that of the facing sheet, the three sheets being superimposed and joined together by lines of stitching following at least a part of the pattern and forming quilting pockets, and fillings in the pockets between the liner and the pattern which fillings force the pattern against the translucent facing sheet to produce a pufied fabric of colors determined by the colors of the pattern and of the facing sheet.

2. Pufi'ed fabric comprising a facing sheet of translucent material, a liner sheet, apattern sheet interposed between the two, lines of stitching joining the three sheets, and following the pattern on the pattern sheet and creating quilting pockets, and a filling of thread in the pockets between the liner and the pattern, said thread forcing the pattern sheet against the facing sheet.

3. The method of producing quilted goods which comprises stitching a translucent facing sheet, a colored pattern sheet, and a liner sheet together in superimposed relation by lines of stitching following an outline on the pattern sheet, said stitching creating pockets to receive threads, inserting a needle through the liner and forcing a thread through the needle loosely into the space between the liner and the pattern to puff the pattern against the facing sheet.

4. The method of producing quilted goods which comprises stitching a translucent facing sheet, a colored pattern sheet, and a liner sheet together in superimposed relation by lines of stitching following an outline on the pattern sheet, said stitching creating pockets, then injecting a loose filler into the pockets between the liner and the pattern to puff the pattern against the facing sheet to produce a puffed colored design effect on the facing sheet as determined by the color of the pattern.

5. Ornamental fabric material comprising a facing sheet of colored translucent material, a pattern sheet, and a liner sheet superimposed with the pattern sheet between the two other sheets, said pattern sheet having a multi-colored pattern formed thereon and visible through the facing sheet, and stitching securing the three sheets together, said stitching forming a plurality of closed loops circumscribing parts of the outline of the pattern and forming closed pockets of which the liner sheet and the pattern sheet 

